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03 February 2014

Any time I attend a genealogy conference I am a bit bewildered as to where my focus should be for attending all the wonderful classes. So I put together a category list of the classes being taught. I know the RootsTech App has a category listing but, I wanted to take it a little deeper. Maybe this will help you to decide what classes to focus on this year, also. There are a couple repeats listed below because they fall into more than one category.

Wednesday's Developers Sessions
The developers of new products want genealogists to attend their sessions to provide the user perspective and offer suggestions concerning their products or perspective products. The seven sessions will cover subjects and questions having to do with Gedcoms; actual locations of genealogy events; an API for My Heritage; unscrambling sources and artifacts do define proof; designing 3rd party API's; and a discussion about what is genealogy and family history.

Getting Started and Overviews
GS1252 - Basic Online Resources for the Beginning Genealogist by Lisa Alzo
RT1420 - 1984-Thirty Years On by Dave Abee
RT1446 - From Pedigrees to Interactive Trees: A History of Genealogical Interfaces, by Charles Knutson
YOUTH1299 - Get to Know Your Geezers (FamilySearch, MyHeritage, Ancestry), by Matthew Hovorka

Family History Centers/Discovery Centers
LDS1610 - Putting the Family Back in Family History Centers, by Suzanne Curley
LDS1611 - Engaging Youth in Family History Centers, by Suzanne Curley
RT1488/RT2014 - FS Discovery Centers-The New In-Person Experience Manager, by Scott Stout

Involving the Family in Family History
GS1132 - Facebook is Family History: Engaging Young People in Their Own Stories, by Devin Ashby
GS1134 - Bridging Family History with Technology - a panel discussion
RT1234 - Zap The Grandma Gap, Leave a Heritage Workshop, by Janet Hovorka
RT1352 - How to Get Kids Involved in Genealogy, by Michael Melendez
RT1365 - Using Technology to Involve All Generations in FH and Genealogy, by Claire Brisson-Banks
RT1379 - Run, Jump, and Collecting Coins: Gaming and Family History, by D. Joshua Taylor
RT1458 - Using AncestryDNA to Further Your Family History Research, by Kenny Freestone at Ancestry
RT1463 - Genealogy Meets Angry Birds: Making Interfaces More Addictive, by Dr. Charles D. Knutson
LDS1611 - Engaging Youth in Family History Centers, by Suzanne Curley

Cloud Services
GS1259 - Access, Backup, Share: Store Your Genealogy Records Online, by Randy Whited
RT1159 - Genealogy in the Cloud, by Randy Hoffman M.Ed.
RT1407 - Taking Your Family With You in the Cloud, by Richard Young
RT1194 - Data Backup from A to Z, by Andrew Klein from Backblaze

Publishing Your Family History
RT1169 - Self-Publishing Your Family History, by Gale French
RT1179 - Create Family History Heirlooms with MyCanvas, by Lorilee Wgner at Ancestry.com
RT1246 - Publish Before You Perish - Leaving a Genealogical Legacy, by Loretta Evans
RT1254 - DIY Publishing for the Family Historian: Tips, Tricks and Tools, by Lisa Alzo
RT1435 - Latest Trends in Publishing for Genealogists, by Marlis Humphrey
RT1464 - Family History Books: Start to Finish in Six Steps, by Nancy and Biff Barnes of Stories to TellFamily Trees
RT1077 - View Your Family Tree in 3 Dimensions - Charts, by Pierre Clouthier at Progeny
RT1082 - Online Trees: The Root of All Evil?, by Jen Baldwin
RT1228 - Using Prezi to Visualize and Reinvent Your Family Tree, by Brandi Burns

Land and Maps:
RT1098 - Mapping Madness by Ron Arons
RT1189 - Land Records, Using New Technologies by David W. Moore
RT1310 - Cartography for Genealogists - Mapping Across Time and Generations, by Pamela Weisberger

Social Media and Collaboration:
GS1132 - Facebook is Family History: Engaging Young People in Their Own Stories, by Devin Ashby
GS1260 - Tweets, Links, Pins, Posts: Break Down Genealogy Brick Walls with Social Media, by Lisa Alzo
GS1344 - Story Collaboration: Understand the Different Options, by Dave Dickson at storylava
LSB1491T - Google+ Hangouts on Air: The Panelists' View, by DearMyrtle
RT1201 - Crowdsourcing Your Brick Walls, by Drew Smith
RT1351 - Tips for Successful Research Collaboration, by Luther A. Tychonievich
RT1373 - Capturing and #SharingStories in 140 Characters or Less, by D. Joshua Taylor
RT1452 - Piecing Together History: Crowdsourcing Events to Glean the Most..., by Cheri Daniels

Stories - Your Own and Your Family
GS1114 - Storytelling Super Powers: How to Come Off as Your Family's Genealogy Hero, by David Adelman of ReelGenie
GS1344 - Story Collaboration: Understand the Different Options, by Dave Dickson at storylava
GS1229 - Oral History Basics, by Brandi Burns
GS1288 - How Not to Bore Your Family and Friends-Storytelling 101, by Tom and Alison Taylor at Pictures and Stories, Inc.
GS1307 - How to Interview Yourself for a Personal History, by Tom Taylor at Pictures and Stories, Inc.
GS1340 - The Power of Questions: how will formed questions can prompt memories, by David Dickson at storylava
LAB1230F/S - Personal History Made Simple Through Technology, by Larson and Gardner
LAB1342F/T - Storytelling in a Sea of Social Media, by Dave Dickson at storylava
LAB1403S/T - Virtual Personal History, by Michael Stringham
LDS1924 - Where Do I Belong?, Flipping Your Story and FH Upside Down, by Carol Rice
RT1105 - Emerging Technology and the Family Narrative, by Ryan O'Donnell
RT1188 - The Digital Family History Author, by Chas Hathaway
RT1206 - Scrivener for Family Historians: Organize, Write and Share Your Stories, by Denise Levernick
RT1224 - Discovering Stories on Google Books, by Jimmy Zimmerman
RT1305 - 45 Memories in 45 Minutes, by Tom and Alison Taylor at Pictures and Stories, Inc.
RT1332 - Creating Your Hometown Legacy, by RaNae Roberts
RT1373 - Capturing and #SharingStories in 140 Characters or Less, by D. Joshua Taylor
RT1389 - Putting Your Ancestors In Historical Perspective: Extracting Stories from Military Records on Ancestry and Fold3, by Anne Mitchell
RT1425 - Behind the Scenes of the Ancestry.com Research Team, by Michelle Ercanbrack at Ancestry
RT1451 - I Remember, by Sandra Crowley
RT1456 - Story by Story, Preserve Your Family's History, by Tammy Hepps at Treelines.com
RT1464 - Family History Books: Start to Finish in Six Steps, by Nancy and Biff Barnes of Stories to Tell
RT1494 - Sharing Your Family History Using Multimedia, by Michael J. Leclerc
RT1781 - Put Pizazz in Your Writings with SmartArt, WordArt, and Screenshots, by Nancy Waters Lauer